Nantasket Junction
Nantasket Junction station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Hingham, Massachusetts. It serves the Greenbush Line. It is located off Chief Justice Cushing Highway east of downtown Hingham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pottewa, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: railway station in Hingham, Massachusetts
- Also known as: “Nantasket Junction station”, “Nantaskett Junction”, “Old Colony House Junction”, and “Old Colony Junction”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Button Island and Old Ship Church.
Button Island
Islet
Button Island is a small island in the Hingham Bay area of Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park. The island has a permanent size of under 1 acre.
Old Ship Church
Place of worship
Photo: el ramon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Ship Church is a Puritan church built in 1681 in Hingham, Massachusetts. It is the only surviving 17th-century Puritan meetinghouse in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hingham and Cohasset.
Hingham
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY 2.0.
Hingham is a coastal town in the South Shore region of Massachusetts about 15 miles south of Boston.
Cohasset
Photo: Wwoods, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cohasset is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,381.
Weymouth
Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is one of 13 municipalities in the state to have city forms of government while retaining "town of" in their official names.
Nantasket Junction
- Categories: railway station and locality
- Location: Town of Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.2451° or 42° 14′ 42″ northLongitude
-70.87005° or 70° 52′ 12″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
87JF64WH+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 158820769OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Nantasket Junction” goes by many names.
- French: “gare de Nantasket Junction”
- French: “Nantasket Junction”
- Japanese: “ナンタスケット・ジャンクション駅”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cushing Highway Border and Boulevard Border Park.
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